42-102513 Swing Shift Baby

media-28942.jpeg UPL 28942 Swing Shift Baby # 42102513 lost on return from mission to Ludwigshafen on 25Sep44... Crew bailed out at 11,000 feet, and the place continued on autopilot and only one or two engines until making a crash landing on its' belly near Mondor-les-Bains, Luxembourg... Photo courtesy of the Alfred McGowan family...

Photos provided courtesy of the family of Alfred McGowan...

Object Number - UPL 28942 - Swing Shift Baby # 42102513 lost on return from mission to Ludwigshafen on 25Sep44... Crew bailed out at 11,000 feet, and the place continued on...

Delivered: Cheyenne 10/3/44; Gr Island 29/3/44; Grenier 6/4/44; Assigned: 731BS/452BG Deopham Green 10/4/44; battle damage Ludwigshafen 25/9/44 Crew bailed out due to flak damage to three engines, landed on auto-pilot near Mondorf-led-Bains, and was photographed in a field by advancing GIs about a week later; Salvaged 22/12/44. SWING SHIFT BABY.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.

452nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Joseph A Amrhein

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Wade S Beyeler

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Navigator

James E Davis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Isadore D Denov

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

James A Hart

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Places

Missions

647

  • Date: 25 September 1944

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg 25 September 1944

Revisions

Date4 Apr 2020 20:52:55
ContributorPete
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Pete

Date20 Mar 2018 12:45:32
ContributorLucy May
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http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_5.html

Date12 May 2016 17:32:16
ContributorPete
ChangesChanges to description, unit associations and mission associations
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452nd Bomb Group Assoc.

Date12 May 2016 17:21:17
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452nd Bomb Group Assoc.

Date12 May 2016 17:10:08
ContributorPete
ChangesCreated entry with serial number, aircraft type, nicknames, markings, unit associations, place associations and media associations
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452nd Bomb Group Assoc.

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